Now’s the time when individuals start mowing their garden on a extra common foundation, and Alan Titchmarsh gave his high ideas for caring to your grass
Alan Titchmarsh advised utilizing a selected backyard device in your garden (Picture: ITV)
Gardening presenter Alan Titchmarsh suggested green-fingered Brits to make use of an each day device in your garden earlier than mowing it. The topic of mowing one’s garden is a scorching subject in gardening communities for the time being.
Could is an lively progress month for grass and plenty of begin mowing common, however the motion No Mow Could urges individuals to skip or cut back their mowing to assist bugs.
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Regardless of this former Gardeners’ World presenter Alan thinks now is a wonderful time to begin mowing one’s garden on a extra common foundation – however there is a process it is best to full earlier than getting out the lawnmower.
The 77-year-old recommends finishing up a course of known as scarifying one’s garden. It’s a deep-cleaning course of that removes moss from the garden to enhance water, air and nutrient entry to the soil. It’s best carried out in spring (late March to early Could) or within the autumn when the grass is rising.
Alan stated individuals ought to use a wire tooth rake to get the job completed, or failing that use a powered scarifier if individuals to make the duty simpler.
Alan gave his high ideas for caring for one’s garden (Picture: Getty Photos)
Talking on his Gardening with Alan Titchmarsh YouTube channel, he stated: “After winter, one factor that’s rising quicker than the grass is the moss amongst it. And to permit the grass room to unfold sideways, room to develop, we have to do away with that moss.
“The only technique to get that moss, and any useless grass, out is to make use of a wire-tooth rake, pulling and pulling you will be amazed at what comes out. Nice to your abs. Exhausting.
“Higher nonetheless, for those who’ve bought a backyard of any dimension, is to make use of a powered scarifier. Which on the press of a button will pull out all that useless grass.”
Alan is likely one of the UK’s most famed gardening authorities. He was the lead presenter on Gardeners’ World from 1996 to 2002 earlier than he was succeeded by Monty Don. He additionally presents Love Your Backyard and Love Your Weekend on ITV.
He lately named the “most necessary gardening device” that he owns. Alan additionally launched an impassioned plea for UK gardeners to take higher care of their lawns.
Alan advised utilizing a wire tooth rake (Picture: Getty Photos)
The TV star stated: “Lots of people do not mow their garden correctly. It is easy to neglect that grass is a plant and we deal with it extra cruelly than some other plant within the backyard.
“We prune it as soon as per week in spring and summer time, we trample over it with our ft, in winter when it is chilly we cease mowing it and stroll throughout it, flip it to mud. However grass has a fantastic capability to recuperate and we will do one in every of two issues that assist it recuperate however on the similar time, present it that we care.”
Alan completed the video with a couple of fast fireplace recommendations on how you can care to your garden.
He stated: “Do not mow too shut. An inch in summer time and in actually scorching climate, elevate it to an inch and a half. Reduce your garden at the least as soon as a fortnight.
“No mow Could, an encouragement to not mow your garden in Could however to let it develop once more for bugs.
“Nicely what occurs in June, there’s far an excessive amount of grass on, the bugs, nicely blow them, they’ve had their Could. No no, much better to mow continuously by means of the yr however to depart longer areas which are un-mown.”
Catch Alan on Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh from 9.30am to 11.25am on ITV at the moment (Sunday, Could 10).
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